While most Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology companies are stuck in R&D mode, Pronto is a world-leader in commercializing AV tech via our Autonomous Haulage System, which is automating haulage operations at mines and quarries around the world. Pronto’s team of Silicon Valley veterans has been at the forefront of every major AV development over the past 20 years, with a relentless focus on commercializing the technology, leading to our current specialization in off-road applications. This focus and our decades of experience have put Pronto on a track to become the world’s first profitable AV technology company.
We’re looking for a Test Engineer to work with our hardware, software, and robotics teams.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop tests for autonomous systems
• Define minimum operating requirements
• Identify and test edge cases
• Evaluate long-term productivity metrics
• Evaluate stability of components and/or features
• Automate testing for use by operations team
• Document and debug issues in hardware sensors/actuators, software features, user interface, etc.
• Work with the team to deploy releases in a mission critical environment
• Work in our office (downtown San Francisco, CA) as well as our test site (Richmond, CA)

Requirements:

• 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Able to create and debug software systems: building maintainable code with good diagnostics that scale
• Excellent at handling ambiguous or undefined problems
• Experience performing root-cause analysis
• Experience defining requirements and design docs for new tools to increase testing capabilities
• Experience in robotic systems (particularly autonomous systems) and/or data science
• Familiarity in continuous build, integration, test and delivery systems
• Proficiency in Python and modern C++, including object-oriented design
• Proficiency in "wearing a lot of hats", as our stack contains features from machine learning all the way to mechanical sensors/actuators
• Excellent communication skills in order to act as the glue between engineering team and operations team
• Experience in git
• Ability to communicate with and collaborate across software, hardware, project, and operations teams to achieve goals
• Relevant professional experience to the above qualifications

Compensation and Benefits
This is a full time position based in San Francisco, CA, with a salary range between $100,000 - $160,000. Actual compensation offered will depend on work experience, education, skill level, and/or other business and organizational needs. Please note that it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range. Pronto reserves the right to modify this compensation range at any time.
In addition to your salary, as a full-time Pronto employee you are eligible for the following benefits: 
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance- 401k with matching contributions- Equity- Sick Time, Unlimited Vacation, and Paid Holidays- Paid Parental Leave - Pre-Tax Commuter Benefit Plan- Team lunch in our SOMA office every Tuesday and Thursday
Pronto is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
We offer generous pay, equity, medical, vision and dental insurance, 401k benefits, unlimited PTO, and team lunch in our SOMA office every Tuesday and Thursday.
We’re an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.